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Monday, May 12, 2014

Low Calorie Breakfast Smoothies!

Breakfast can be such a high calorie meal, especially if you eat carbs. Lately, my husband and I have been trying to eat more low calorie foods, and we use MyFitnessPal (a free app!) to count our calories with success in some weight loss.

These smoothies help me stay within my calorie goal, and the ingredients are normal ones - unlike some of those diet foods out there. If I can't find the item in the store pretty quickly (ex: flax seed) then I'm not using it. These smoothies aren't like that. Minimal and normal ingredients :) Here are some of my usuals!

Banana Smoothie - 80 calories (And my favorite!)

1/2 Banana

1/2 C almond milk

6 ice cubes

1/2 tsp brown sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

If you want a little more to this one, add 2 strawberries and a 1/4 C nonfat greek yogurt to make it a total of 120 calories!

Chocolate Banana Smoothie - 175 Calories

1 1/2 Bananas

1/3 C nonfat greek yogurt

1 tbsp unsweet coco powder

1/2 tsp honey

1/4 C almond milk

Blueberry Vanilla - 160 Calories

1/2 C nonfat greek yogurt

1 C Blueberries

1/2 C almond milk

1 tbsp honey

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp vanilla

For a low calorie dessert instead of cake or ice cream, try this frozen treat!

Yum!! I'm a huge fan of smoothies for breakfast and sometimes if I need a little more I'll make those little egg muffins which are perfect on the go and really low cal (about 200 calories)!!! Happy Monday!

yum! these sound delish. i am a sucker for smoothies. i have one almost every morning for breakfast, because im lazy and i know i wont get my recommended fruit intake if i dont. banana + cup o berries + almond milk + protein powder / flaxseed / chia seeds (i never add all 3 of the last, hubby does, but i dont like that much STUFF in my smoothies, you know? still want them to taste good). i ended up getting flaxseed + chia seeds off amazon because i couldnt find them anywhere haha.

I wish, wish, wish I could eat a smoothie for breakfast but I'm starving right after again ha. I try to add a hard-boiled egg with half of a bagel or English muffin and it holds me over till lunch. Smoothies are so good though and we usually skip lunch on the weekend and opt for one instead (add kale - you can't even taste it!).

These sounds really good! I can't do those green monster smoothies or the ones with beets, etc. I prefer simple, fruit smoothies. I am going to have to try these! I generally do a banana, frozen mixed berries, greet yogurt and a bit of milk (I am allergic to nuts so I can't do almond milk). I will be trying these out soon!